Hook for supporting tenting-cloth.



No. 755,658. PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

S. HARTMAN.

HOOK FOR SUPPORTING TENTING CLOTH.

APPLICATION FILED APR 7. 1903.

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useful Improvements in Hooks for Support Patented March 29, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL HARTMAN, or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

HOOK FOR SUPPORTING TENTlNG-CLOTH- SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 755,658, dated March 29, 1904.

Application filed April '7, 1903. Serial No- 151,520. (No model.)

,To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HARTMAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and ing Tenting-Cloth, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the classspecified having features of novelty and advantage.

The figure shows a tobacco-hook madeaccording to my invention inposition for use,

Referring to the drawing, a denotes a stringer. 1) denotes the shank ofthe hook, which is driven into the stringer up to the shoulder 0. cldenotes the arms on the hook proper, which branch out from the shank,curve downwardly, then in toward the shank, and slightly upward, asindicated at e. The shank projects slightly above the branching arms ofthe hook, forming a boss 9, by means of which the hook may be driveninto the stringer without danger of breaking the arms 01. It will benoted that when the shank is driven into the stringer up to the shoulderc a sufiicient clearance is left between the lower turn of the hook andthe stringer to permit of the insertion of the cloth. is denotes thecloth held by the hook.

The manner of use of this hook will be clear to all persons versed inthe growing of tobacco or any fruit or vegetable under cover. The fieldis divided off into sections by parallel rows of stringers, and thesehooks are driven into the stringers at proper intervals. The cloth isthen hooked under 'one hook and stretched across to a hook on the nextstringer, and in this manner the whole field is covered. I claim as myinventionl. A hook of the type set forth comprising a shank formed witha shoulder, of a plurality of branch arms formed integral with saidshank and being bent downwardly, then in and up to form cloth-receivinghooks, the lower portion of said hook being arranged above the shoulderof said shank, substantially as described.

2. A device of the type set forth comprising a shank formed with ashoulder, downturned integral-hooked branch arms formed integral withsaid shank above said shoulder, the lowermost portions of said brancharms lying in a plane above said shoulder, and a boss formed integralwith said shank, and extended above said branch arms.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL HARTMAN. Witnesses:

H. E. HART, D. S. KREn/LENDAHL.

